As many as 149 university libraries across the country have been digitalised at a cost of Rs 30 crore during the tenth five-year plan period, under the University Grants Commission Infonet programme.

Information and Library Network director T A V Murthy, speaking at a function at the Gulbarga University on Sunday, said steps taken by INFLIBNET and UGC in e-learning and digitalisation of varsity libraries would revolutionise education in the country.

Karnataka High Court Judge, Justice S R Bannurmath laid the foundation stone for a research centre to be built at a cost of Rs 1,11,00000 with UGC assistance. The centre would be an extension of the library with latest information and communication technology and e-learning facilities in the main campus of the university.

University librarian R G Math said the centre would have a separate CD-ROM library and a research centre with more than 100 networked computers.